Festum Praesentationis:  A Fourteenth Century Prompt Book

Festum Praesentationis: A Fourteenth Century Prompt Book

Andrew Kner, 1958

Description

Collections: Fifty Books of the Year (1959)
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Designer
Andrew Kner
Illustrators
James Higa, Harry Harringer
Trim size
6 x 8 inches; Bulk: 0.25 inches
Price
$3.50
Pages
96
Quantity printed
350
Typefaces
12/13 English Monotype Bembo (text), 12 English Monotype Bembo; 36 ATF Garamond (display)
Compositor
Printing Office of the Yale University Press
Engraver
Illinois Photo Engraving Co.
Printer
Andrew Kner
Printing methods
letterpress, in black only, printed in 4’s
Paper
Mohawk’s 25 x 36 inches —66.5 Superfine Eggshell white, basis 70
Paper supplies
Mohawk Paper Mills, Inc.
Binder
Andrew Kner
Binding materials
Spine of unidentified cloth, sides of handmade paste paper by Andrew Kner on Strathmore Text, over .088 binders boards, pasted label on shelfback printed in red
Binding supplies
Carpenter Paper Co.
Stamping
front stamped in genuine gold foil
Endpapers
Mohawk Superfine Eggshell white, 70-lb.; flat back with board in spine
Publisher
Andrew Kner
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